Saito Hitohira Sensei - Iwama Shinshin Aiki Shurenkai [Interview - EN/FR/JA/ZH/ES]

ENGLISH SUBTITLES: Click on CC to display SUBSCRIBE : Recap of the day on our blog: --- INTRO --- Born in 1957, Saitō Hitohira Sensei succeeded his father and teacher Saitō Morihiro Shihan after he passed away in 2002. He is now the leader of the Shin Shin Aiki Shūrenkai, an Aikido organization he created especially to preserve, develop and spread the teachings of his father’s Aikido. He became an official instructor at the Iwama Dōjō in 1986, and took care of both the Dōjō and the Aiki Shrine until 2004, when he created the Shin Shin Aiki Shūrenkai. Saitō Sensei emphasizes technical precision and the relation between weapons and Taijutsu. His goal is to preserve Iwama’s Aikido as it was taught to his father and to himself by the founder. To him, it is not only a question of techniques but also of l